Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matrix language

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: ma-trix lan-guage
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The dominant language in code-switching, into which elements of a secondary language are embedded, as opposed to the embedded language.

Example Sentences

"Because, in that case, most of the text is in English, we can say that the matrix language (ML) of the message is English and that the embedded language (EL) is Spanish."

Inflected Forms

matrix languages (plural)

Questions

What does matrix language mean?: The dominant language in code-switching, into which elements of a secondary language are embedded, as opposed to the embedded language.

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